Omitting Work Experience from Resume
I was with a small consulting firm initially for 2 years and then switched to a similar firm for about 5 months and then went back to the original firm for an additional 2 years before moving on. Curious how to display this on a resume, they were the same title i.e. consultant. Is it ok to just put this all under the first firm or will this come up in a background check if I were to land an offer? I don't want to have separate sections as I have no more room on my resume...
I look at a resume as a sales document but after browsing the forum I see a few people have gotten into trouble with this sort of thing.
Can't speak for specific IB departments, but I used separate resumes for the last two positions I had (different past experiences tailored)...didn't run into trouble at either firm.
Take that with a grain of salt though. I just believe a resume is a living document and can be tailored and tweaked depending on who you are selling it to.
Thanks - that's what I think too, but saw some thread from 1.5 yrs ago where some guy got his offer rescinded because he left experience off his resume.. which is ridiculous, it's not a legal document, it's a document to highlight your experiences and sell yourself.
Mind if I ask the size of the firms you recruited with? Worried about getting flagged at a BB firm as I'm sure they do quite thorough checks.
Firm 1 was 60 people, 25B AUM Firm 2 is a Big 4
I’ve never seen someone run into an issue for leaving OFF experience from their resume. this 5 month thing is definitely awkward but I would have your main job dates from like X-Y and then Z-W and have 1 bullet in that section addressing the 5 months at a different consultancy. yes you’re wasting a bullet point but it’s definitely not going to cause you any issues with background checks down the line
Bump. Anyone done this? Thinking about removing months (just keeping years) to cover a gap.
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